WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee Friday confirmed an investigation has been conducted into a complaint against Rep. Tim Bishop for a campaign email asking a constituent he was helping about making a donation, and said it will announce the results by mid-September.

The complaint, which opponents of the Southampton Democrat made into a major issue in last year's election, has been under...

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WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee Friday confirmed an investigation has been conducted into a complaint against Rep. Tim Bishop for a campaign email asking a constituent he was helping about making a donation, and said it will announce the results by mid-September.

The complaint, which opponents of the Southampton Democrat made into a major issue in last year's election, has been under review by the independent six-member Office of Congressional Ethics, the committee said in a notice that it published on Friday.

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The committee did not reveal the findings or conclusion of the office, which sent its report on Bishop to the committee on June 13, the notice said.

The committee, led by the chairman, Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), and ranking Democrat, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), extended its review of the matter and will report whatever action it will take by Sept. 11, the notice said.

"As I have said many times, I welcome a fair-minded review of the facts because I have done nothing wrong," Bishop said in a statement Friday.